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1 Get the Dish: Waldorf Salad
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2 Brunch! 10 San Francisco Spots That Can't Be Missed
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3 Match the Tagline to the Restaurant Chain!
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4 Five Tips For Pretty Food Plating
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5 Taste Test: New Starbucks Items
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6 Let's Dish: What Was Your Most Romantic Meal Ever?
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7 At a Birthday Dinner, Who Should Pay For the Meal?
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8 Are You Averse to Eating in Noisy Restaurants?
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9 Behind the Scenes at a Coffee Roasting Plant
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10 Berry Tempting: Spaghetti With Strawberries
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11 Blind Culinary Student Lands Cooking Spot at Charlie Trotter's
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12 Pinkberry and Red Mango Go Head to Head in Ad Wars
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13 Is It OK For Restaurants to Cancel Unconfirmed Reservations?
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14 Jamie Oliver to Launch DIY Cooking Shops
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15 What's It Worth To You?
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16 Exercise in Excess: The French Laundry Part 3
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17 Do You Read the Menu Before Eating at a New Restaurant?
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18 Tyler Florence to Open Restaurant in San Francisco
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19 Do You Like It When Restaurants Give Birthday Treats?
When you're dining out with friends and the check arrives, things can turn uncomfortable quickly. Is the tip included? Should the cost be divided evenly? Some people just ate appetizers, some people just had drinks, and only a handful brought cash — what do you do? Follow these quick tips to keep things pleasant when the bill appears. Make a date with the ATM. Unless you regularly keep cash Read more
Let's face it: dining out is a totally subjective experience, and I've often wished there were hard and fast rules in place for issues like splitting the bill or whether coat checks should be mandatory. The question du jour? Whether it's OK to bring a birthday cake to a restaurant.I've just turned 30, and I'm celebrating by having dinner with a dozen friends at a small, family-owned ethnic Read more
One of the hardest thing to budget in the past year was eating habits, according to SavvySugar readers. Of course, there is always the simple solution of just eating at home more often, but you can still cut your food bill here and there when you're eating out. We've given you plenty of tips in the past on how to save when eating out so we're rehashing some of the best ones as well as throwing Read more
The Waldorf salad may be over a century old, but even today, it remains a timeless American classic. The apple and walnut salad was first created in the late 1800s at New York's legendary Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, where it's still the most frequently requested recipe on the menu. We stopped in to the kitchen where it all began and saw firsthand Read more
To kick off the third morning of the NYC Wine & Food Festival, four of the industry's top tastemakers, restaurateurs Mario Batali and Marcus Samuelsson, TV host Andrew Zimmern, and Food & Wine editor in chief Dana Cowin gathered for a panel discussion to talk about what makes the best restaurant experience. They all had plenty to say about the state of dining — especially the jocular Read more
Graham Elliot Bowles is just one of America's celebrity chefs with a sandwich obsession. Between the Bread visits Chicago and stops into his new-ish eatery, Grahamwich. Like chefs Tom Colicchio and Dennis Leary before him, Graham Elliot Bowles has a sandwich side project. Last fall, the Michelin-starred owner of Graham Elliot opened Grahamwich in downtown Chicago, so when I visited my peeps at Read more
Many new and popular restaurants do not accept reservations. While I understand an establishment's motivations for not taking reservations (it's more convenient, cost efficient, and eliminates the issue of no-shows), it can be incredibly frustrating as a diner to want to eat at a trendy establishment that is known for its long wait. As an avid girl-about-town, I've devised the perfect plan for Read more
It's finally here! The Melt, a nationwide grilled cheese concept that we've named one of the five fast-casual chains to look out for, has opened its first location today in San Francisco. The outfit, founded by Silicon Valley exec Jonathan Kaplan, will utilize mobile technology for ordering and pickup in a way that's never been done before. Earlier this Summer, we showed you a preview of the menu Read more
Last week, the quick-service industry was buzzing with speculation about In-N-Out Burger: based on the comments of at least one insider, In-N-Out may finally be expanding to the Southwestern part of the country. Regardless of what the California burger chain has in store, it's undeniable that there's plenty of growth in fast-casual chains right now. While traditional fast-food companies like Read more
We spent last weekend at the San Francisco Street Food Festival and didn't walk away with too much damage to our pockets, but that could be changing. According to SFoodie, the latest event to hit San Francisco is a Street Eats Benefit Gala that'll set attendees back as much as $225. The price tag — which is awfully steep to pay for something coming out of a cart or a truck — got me thinking Read more
